Improvement in refrigerators and soda apparatus combined



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS MANNY 00mm, or BLOOMFIELD, IOWA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,958, dated June 18,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

I, JULrUs MANNY COHEN, of Bloomfield, Iowa, have made a new and usefulImprovement in Refrigerators, &c., of which thefollowing is aspecification:

The object of this invention is to make an ice-box or refrigerator forfamily use for cooling food, 850., and arranged to furnish cooledsoda-water. The apparatus is made substantially as herein set forth,referring to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a verticalsection of the apparatus.

The apparatus is made with an internal chamber, A, for ice, surroundedon the sides by double or non-conducting walls B B B This is lined withsheet metal to retain the moisture, and the drip goes 01f by the pipe 0.Under the chamber A is a chamber, D, for keeping food, &c., cool. Insidethe chamber A is a barrel, E, of wood or other suitable material, and ofsuitable shape, for soda-water. This is charged in the ordinary or othersuitable manner, and is surrounded by the ice in chamber A and keptcool. From the barrel E a faucet, F, projects for drawing 0E the aeratedwater for use. This faucet F is arranged so that it may be unscrewed orother wise removed so the barrel may be taken out and cleaned whendesired. There are no com-' plex or long pipes which cannot be cleaned,so the whole apparatus through which the soda-water passes may becleaned and kept in a state of purity, giving a healthful beverage. At Gare metal, glass, or other vessels for containing sirup for use with thesoda-water. These have faucets H projecting to draw the sirup off by.Any suitable number of these vessels may be arranged, side by side,across the apparatus, for difl'erent flavors of syrup. The lid I coversthe whole apparatus, and enables access to be had to all parts exceptthe chamber D, which is reached by door K in the side. The lid and doormay be double, or have a dead-air space inclosed, or be other wise madenon-conducting. Thevchamber D may be arranged to suit its use, and linedin any way.

I claim- The'combination of the refrigerating-cham ber D, thecooling-chamber A, and the sodawater apparatus E, arranged withapartments and apparatus for supplying flavoring-extracts in connectiontherewith, substantially as set forth.

JULIUS MANNY COHEN.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL JAooB WALLAoE, HERMAN WILLER.

